Welcome to the Benton County Historical Society & Museum
Preserving the stories, artifacts, and heritage of Benton County, Minnesota since 1949.
📅 Today in History
United States
• 1960 Harry Belafonte's 2nd Carnegie Hall performance
• 1974 Former Vice President Spiro Agnew is disbarred
Minnesota
• Hail! Minnesota became the state song in 1945.
• L’etoile du Nord became Minnesota’s state motto in 1861.
Benton County
• The Benton County Recorder’s Office has birth and death records beginning around 1860.
• Sauk Rapids was separately organized as a village in 1881.